Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the vacancy for the chief executive of NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board will adhere to the standard NHS very senior manager pay framework, or whether they intend to approve an exceptional salary business case for this post that exceeds the national midpoint.

The Chief Executive Officer for the NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) role is subject to the Very Senior Manager’s pay framework and is currently covered on an interim basis in line with that framework. Should permanent cover of the role require a review of pay for the new employee, the expectation would be that this is also done in line with the framework, but if an exceptional salary was proposed by the ICB, that would be subject to review and approval by the Department.